Artist Statement

My fondest memories growing up were climbing rocks, diving into brisk salty water, hillwalking and long hikes in the highlands. I was frequently told off for disappearing into the woods and along stretches of remote coastal areas. I have always had a sense of discovery and independence, coupled with an introverted spirit and a preference for depth over distraction.

I was taught to draw and paint by my grandmother, an art teacher, and learned to work with analogue cameras from my fathers influence as a teenager. My current practice marries these elements - a curiosity for nature in all of its wildness and complexity, and the use of photographic mediums as a form of painterly self expression.

My work embraces destruction as a natural part of creation, often using deliberately disruptive methods which mimic the erosive formation of valleys, carved mountains and moulded riverbeds. I am just as fascinated by the tired bee on my balcony and the insect who barely lives a month as I am the grandeur of a mountain range formed over epochs.

I am now questioning how life may look as we enter what has been dubbed the anthropocene.

Biography

Evelyn Gracie is a scottish artist whose work addresses social and ecological change - using concepts such as deep time, history and potential futures as touchpoints to inform present day perspectives. She reconnects the human presence to wider themes of the environment - creating metaphorical landscapes and tactile surfaces that evoke memory and emotion.

Her recent work layers raw minerals which inherently carry meaning - iron of the industrial era, fossilised limestone found forming in caves, sediment from riverbeds and photographic chemicals which further shaped concepts of myth and imagination.

Her ongoing research bridges science and biology with our increasingly digital lives, challenging the anthropomorphic lens.

Evelyn graduated with a BA in photography in Scotland in 2015 where she trained in fine art, analogue and documentary photography, with more than ten years experience in the field. She has an established background in sustainability and environmental projects which continues to inform her fine art practice.

Enquiries: kontakt@evelyngracie.de

SOLASTALGIA

Globalisation, digital lifestyles and migration patterns into innercity lives have left many of us disconnected from the direct relationship with the land relatives and ancestors had. Nature has instead become a place of leisure and respite, without human reciprocation for its gifts.

27 OCT - 12 NOV 2026 | KÖPENICKER STR 40, BERLIN

Upcoming: 26th Oct - 12th Nov 2026 Solo Exhibition, Berlin

Education

2015 BA Photography, Edinburgh College / University of Abertay
2014 DeVinci Exchange Program, Fine Art Photography, Paris

2007 Edinburgh College, Fine Art

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

Environmental documentary, Malindi & Watamu Fishing and Marine Associations, Kenya, 2021
Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2015–2017
Group Exhibition, Brick Lane, London, 2015
Sustainable fashion initiatives, Melissa Villevielle & GUCFS Glasgow
Greencat Renewables, green energy development, 2018 - present

Based in Berlin. Previously worked and exhibited in Edinburgh, London, Paris, and Kenya.

Exhibition & Projects

© Evelyn Gracie 2026

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